Pinnacle Gully

Pinnacle Gully

BOSTON.COM: Authorities say a New York ice climber is dead after being swept by an avalanche 1,000 feet down a portion of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.

White Mountains National Forest officials say 24-year-old James Watts was killed Friday in Huntington Ravine while solo ice climbing on Pinnacle Gully in Mount Washington’s Huntington Ravine. Officials say Watts was climbing without ropes and alone when the avalanche was triggered, carrying him out of the gully. (READ MORE)